Lawrence Leung & Andrew McClelland: Time Ninjas
01/01/2009 … Cheeky stalwarts of the Melbourne festival, Lawrence Leung and Andrew McClelland have abandoned their usual high-concept ideas for this indulgent slice of knockabout…
Thu 01 January 2009
Denise Scott: Number 26
01/01/2009 … One of the more established faces on the Melbourne scene, Denise Scott gives an object lesson in how to present autobiographical stand-up as a festival show, dressing…
Mother Of The Year
01/01/2009 … Sarcastically named Mother Of The Year is a compilation stand-up show with a clearly-defined demographic, which certainly seems to have come out in force to hear…
Adam Hills: Inflatable
01/01/2009 … An Adam Hills show is always a festival highlight, and Inflatable might just be his best yet, with real weight, wit and purpose behind his contagious positivity.
Bedroom Philosopher: Songs From The 86 Tram
01/01/2009 … We’ve previously called the quirkily tweedy Bedroom Philosopher ‘the Jarvis Cocker of stand-up’; and you can almost certainly add elements of The Kinks’…
Ali McGregor's Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night
01/01/2009 … Ali McGregor’s variety show is pitched as an evening of elegant decadence, as personified by the sultry top-hat-wearing chanteuse herself.
Felicity Ward's Ugly As A Child Variety Show
01/01/2009 … There’s something a bit wrong about Felicity Ward.
David Quirk: Feeling Steve Breathe
01/01/2009 … The laconic David Quirk is attempting something a little different with the architecture of stand-up, replacing the accepted tricks of the genre with a new batch…